A Ventura woman chased down and caught a robbery suspect after she discovered him reportedly breaking into her vehicle Wednesday night, police said.

Erick Stevenson, 23, of Ventura, was arrested sometime after 10:22 p.m. when police responded to the 2000 block of East Main Street to a report of a woman who was holding down a robbery suspect, according to the Ventura Police Department.

The 22-year-old woman reportedly left her car unlocked as she left to retrieve something from her place of work on East Main Street.

Upon her return, she found someone later identified as Stevenson searching through her vehicle. The victim confronted him and tried to detain him, police said.